The Delta independent., 1887-06-21
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.

The bridge across the Tay is COM
pleted. The total cost was e7oO,o
Affairs are in a very unsettled condi
in the Sandwich Islands and revolution i
feared.
The jury in the Jake Sharp trial
has been empanneled and evidence is now
being taken.
Trenton, Mo-, has an insect pest
The flies not only devopr vegetables, but
they attack mankind also.
Nothing for years has created so
much feeling among old soldiers as the Or
der to return the Rebel flags.
The new scale of the Amalgamated
Association calls for an advance of 10 per
cent. in wages and the nine-hour day.
The New Hampshire Legislature in
joint session formally declared Mr.. Chand-
Ter elected as the successor to Mr.. Pike.
The English yachts have started on
the jubilee race around Great Britain and
Ireland. There are dozen competitors.
The New York coffee market has
corded, two of which aggregate 81, a0o, 900.
The New Jersey authorities intend to
punish Herr Most and his followers for
Sundays rioting within that sovereign
State.
General Miles is in the field against
the latest squad OF fugitive Apaches and
there are indications of a prolonged cam
paign.
The Crozier Iron and Steel Com
pany, whose works are located at Roanoke.
Pennsylvania, have made an assignment
Liabilities s37s. coo.
The coke strike in Western Pennsyl-
vania has been practically broken by the re-
sumption Of work at the Frick ovens, where
s, 900 men are employed.
In commemoration of the jubilee
year Queen Victoria will grant amnesty TO
all military and naval prisoners who have
been convicted OF minor offences.
At an Anarchist picnic held near Jer-
sey City for the benefit of their prosecuted
Chicago brethren n row occurred which re-
suited in several crushed heads.
Prince Albert Victor. the eldest son
of the Prince of Wales. will attend the ju
bilee service in Dublin, June es, and be
decorated with the order Of St Patrick.
Governor Foraker. on behalf Of the
Grand Army men of Ohio, has sent to the
President protest against the return of
any rebel flags that were captured by Ohio
troops.
The will of the late William A.
Wheeler gives sa5,ooo to home missions
5000 to foreign missions, $1,000 TO his
housekeeper, Betsy Chambers, and few
bequests to various friends.
Frank Fowler, who is wanted in
Tennessee for a heavy forgery, was ar
rested at Rich Valley, near Wabash, Indi-
ana, where he was working as farm hand.
He made desperate effort to escape.
The Ancient and Honorable Artil-
| iery Company of Boston will send a delega-
| ton TO London to represent them at the
| S59th anniversary of the Ancient and Hon
orab!e Artillery Company of London.
A man named George Connor was
| arrested on he Central Pacific road with a
| large quantity OF opium in his possession.
| lie is thought to be the agent OF the Chi
nese who are smuggling opium through
Canada.
Southern Arizona consumes nearly
| Ave million pounds OF wheat and -four in
excess of the amount 1t grows. The water
| bitches now in course of construction will
in part, II not entirely, do away with this
| Importation.
Two of the workmen on the ore
docks Of the New York. Pennsylvania and
OHIO road at Cleveland were nearly killed
by gang of strikers, and the road was
compelled to han, all of the men out to the
suburbs for safety.
The President is said to have pru-.-
ised Adjutant- General johnson, Of North
Carolina, during his recent visit to Wash
ington that all the flags taken from the
Southern States during the late war should
be returned to the States at an early date.
r. L. Wells. an ssronaut says he is
| negotiating with Lucky" Baldwin to Sc
| cure his aid in building great air ship. in
hC ucCi"Ns hc Sau
the globe in thirty days. Baldwin. he
says, is regarding the project with some
favor.
Frederick Hsrmann.a a Pittsburg man,
killed his 19-months-old daughter, beat his
wife fatally and then cut his own throat.
He was Lutheran and his wife was a
Catholic. She had the baby baptized &C.
cording to her faith and this caused the
tragedy.
John Bright has written to Mr.,
Gladstone an apology for inaccurately re
porting his speech. His letter concludes a
follows: ~ grieve that cannot act with
you as in years past, but my Judgment and
| conscience forbid 1t. II I have said WORT
that seems uniriend!y or harsh, l will ash
you to forgive it."
An autograph letter from the Pope
TO Queen Victoria has been received. AZ
ter congratulating Her Majesty upon hel
jubilee, the Pope offers great acknows lge
ment for the action OF the Indian Govern
ment towards the Catholic missions and ol
the protection which is afforded to tss
Catholic hierarchy in India.
A dispatch from London says
Princess of Wales and her family and
score Of members of foreign royalties wer,
attending private exhibition Of the wilt